HOLYOKE – The Holyoke Blue Sox started off the week riding a three game winning streak. They ended it losing three consecutive, after falling to the North Adams SteepleCats 4-2 Saturday night in NECBL action at Mackenzie Stadium.

Holyoke (5-9) trailed early, but tied the game in the seventh, only to see North Adams (9-5) score the decisive run an inning later.

With the scored tied 2-2, North Adams’ Jeff Roy doubled on the first pitch he saw, just shy of a home run in right center field. The next batter, Sheenan Plans-Arteaga ripped a single up the middle to score Roy to break the tie.

Roy contributed to every SteepleCats run, scoring two and driving in the other.

Conor Biggio added an insurance run in the ninth, with a solo home run over the right field wall.

The Blue Sox scored their first run in the third, with the help of a North Adams error. Chris Woolley led off win a grounder to short, but first baseman Charlie Law took his eye off the ball, as the throw bounced off the top of his glove and rolled into the SteepleCats dugout, placing Woolley on second.

He reached third on a groundout, and scored two batters later on a sacrific fly from Jorden Keur. North Adams starter Nick Narodowy was great through six innings, allowing onlythree hits, but found himself in trouble in the seventh.

Holding a 2-1 lead, Narodowy gave up a one-out single to Connor McKay. A pair of wild pitched advanced McKay to third, and the Kansas Jayhawk scored on a Conner Spencer groundout.

Narodowy, the Rhode Island product, went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits, with five strikeouts.

“He (Narodowy) did a nice job of holding runners,” said Morhardt.

For third time in as many games, Holyoke (5-9) fell behind early, allowing two runs in the first two innings.

North Adams (9-5) posted both runs using small ball. Jeff Roy led off the game with an infield single. After stealing second and reaching third on a groundout, Roy was driven home by Esteban Tresgallo single.

The next inning, Shane O’Connell and Adrian English reached on back-to-back singles. The two moved into scoring position on Shane Klemcke sacrifice bunt, before Roy singled home O’Connell.

Both runs came off Blue Sox starting pitcher, Andrew Thome. The North Dakota freshman settled down after the first two innings, allowing only one base runner for the next five innings. Thome went eight innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, while striking out eight.

“The first two innings my curveball and change-up weren’t there, I was relying on my fastball,”Thome said. “Once I got those pitches, everything clicked.”

Holyoke threatened in the eighth, but with runners on the corner and two outs, SteepleCats relief pitcher Adam Sargent got Phil Mosey to ground into the inning-ending out. Holyoke had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, but McKay was thrown out attempting to steal third.

“We didn’t get a big hit with guys in scoring position,” said Morhardt.

The Blue Sox will host the Danbury Westerners this afternoon, making up a game rained out June 12.